Manitowoc County Executive Bob Ziegelbauer, right, receives greetings from Supervisor Jim Baumann at Tuesday night's county board meeting, with Supervisor Laurie Burke in the background. Ziegelbauer says he is improving daily from a stroke he suffered Thanksgiving evening.

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What a difference from four weeks ago as the Manitowoc County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday night sailed through an agenda in just 40 minutes with no debate on any issue.

And what a difference for County Executive Bob Ziegelbauer who suffered a stroke 10 days later on Thanksgiving. He was hospitalized for more than a week but on Tuesday he was in the board room at the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc accepting well-wishes from supervisors.

On the evening of Nov. 19, the supervisors debated for more than five hours the 2014 budget proposal of Ziegelbauer until it finally was passed after ...